 Genius Lyrics
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Modest Mouse – Polar Opposites
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[Verse 1] / Polar opposites don't push away / It's the same on the weekends as the rest of the days / And I know I should go but I will probably stay / And that's all you can do
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Drake – Polar Opposites
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[Intro] / Yeah / Ayy / [Verse 1] / Tweakin' on vacation with me / You set limitations with me / Why do I get treated different? / I don't know how you run the bases with me / Then
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Modest Mouse – Polar Opposites (radio edit)
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Polar opposites don't push away / It's the same on the weekends as the rest of the days / And I know I should go but I will probably stay / And that's all you can do about some
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Iron Horse – Polar Opposites
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Polar opposites don't push away / It's the same on the weekends as the rest of the days / And I know I should go but I'll probably stay / And that's all you can do about some
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Modest Mouse – Trailer Trash
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“Trailer Trash” was written by lead singer Isaac Brock about the time he spent living in a trailer park in Oregon during 3rd and 4th grade. In the Pitchfork documentary about The
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Modest Mouse – Shit Luck
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This plane is definitely crashing / This boat is obviously sinking / This building's totally burning down / And my, and my, and my, and my / And my, and my, and my, and my / And my
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Modest Mouse – Lounge (Closing Time)
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[Chorus: Isaac Brock] / She was going with a cinematographer / Everyone knew that he was really a pornographer / They went down to the dance and grind / And everybody was feeling
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Modest Mouse – Bankrupt on Selling
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“Bankrupt on Selling” is about the dystopian reality that is modern industry and business, and uses religious figures to show just how untrustworthy the man really is.
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Modest Mouse – Doin' the Cockroach
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[Verse 1] / I was in heaven, I was in hell / Believe in neither, but fear them as well / This one's a doctor, this one's a lawyer / This one's a cash thief, taking your money
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Modest Mouse – Teeth Like God's Shoeshine
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“Teeth Like God’s Shoeshine,” the opening track on Modest Mouse’s The Lonesome Crowded West, illustrates Brock’s lyrical capacity like no other song. There are many innuendoes
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Modest Mouse – Out of Gas
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Modest Mouse spent a lot of time on the road. This is one of the many songs on Lonesome Crowded West inspired by that.
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Modest Mouse – Heart Cooks Brain
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“Heart Cooks Brain” deals with loneliness, depression and the absence of purpose is the lasting footprint of Isaac Brock and Modest Mouse.
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Modest Mouse – Cowboy Dan
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[Verse 1] / Well, Cowboy Dan's a major player in the cowboy scene / He goes to the reservation, drinks and gets mean / And he's gonna start a war / He's gonna start a war / And he
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Modest Mouse – Styrofoam Boots / It’s All Nice on Ice, Alright
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[Styrofoam Boots] / [Verse 1] / Well, all's not well but I'm told that it'll all be quite nice / You'll be drowned in boots like mafia / But your feet will still float like Christ'
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Modest Mouse – Truckers Atlas
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[Verse 1] / I'm going to Colorado to unload my head / I'm going to New York City and that's in New York, friends / I'm going to Arizona, sex on the rocks all warm and red / And we
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Modest Mouse – Baby Blue Sedan
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“Baby Blue Sedan” was orignally released as a bonus track on the double vinyl version of 1997’s The Lonesome Crowded West. It was later included on the beautiful Building Nothing
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Modest Mouse – Convenient Parking
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“Convenient Parking” is a song lamenting urban sprawl—a major theme on Lonesome Crowded West. Lead singer Isaac Brock moved from Montana to Issaquah, Washington as a kid. He said
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Modest Mouse – Jesus Christ Was an Only Child
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[Chorus 1] / Well, Jesus Christ was an only child / He went down to the river and he drank and smiled / And his dad was oh-so-mad / Should have insured that planet before it
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Modest Mouse – Long Distance Drunk
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[Verse 1] / Hang it up now or never / Hang it up again / (Hang it up now or never) / Hang it up now or never / Hang it up again / Hang it up now or never / Hang it up again / Doesn
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Classic Album of the Week, Vol. 2
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⮞ Listen now: “Trailer Trash”
Pictured: An excerpt of the cover from the lonesome crowded west
Each Monday, we take a look back at some of rock’s most important albums ever conceived- albums that have changed history, society, and/ or are viewed as historically, culturally, and aesthetically important, as well as being critically acclaimed. In light of their newest album that’s expected to release in several days, we’re going to discuss the lonesome crowded west, the band’s sophomore masterpiece.
I had, uh… Lotta stuff goin’ on in my mind that was bothering me about strip malls and the, uh, paving of the west.
– Isaac Brock, The Lonesome Crowded West – Pitchfork Classic
History
After the release of Modest Mouse’s acclaimed debut, This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About, lead singer and guitarist Isaac Brock began to reflect on his childhood and he began to re-write his thoughts and experiences into cryptic lyrics which would make up a majority of
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Iron Horse – 3rd Planet
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Everything that keeps me together is falling apart / I've got this thing that I consider my only art of working people over / My boss just quit the job, says he's goin' out to find
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Iron Horse – Float On
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I backed my car into a cop car the other day / Well he just drove off sometimes life's okay / I ran my mouth off a bit too much oh what did I say / Well you just laughed it off it
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